to proceed with; to continue with; to move on; to go forward; to pursue
sounds good; sure thing; no problem
investigation (e.g. into someone's guilt); questioning; pressing; catching up; overtaking
to give (as a gift); to present; to confer; to bestow; to award
unusual; uncommon; extraordinary; out of the ordinary; incomparable; serious
prefab; prefabrication; prefabricated building
poor physical health; bad shape
shyness; bashfulness; shame
very loose; slowly; leisurely
snail's pace tactics; walking extremely slowly when voting in the Diet to delay proceedings; (lit.) ox walk tactic
permanent; everlasting; lasting; very long; many years of
what's what; heads or tails
side; edge; beside; while (doing); in addition to; at the same time
with a whack; with a thump; openmouthed; with one's mouth wide-open; vacantly; blankly
far away; far off; far; long ago; long before
to come off; to slip down; to slip off
to split finely; to splinter; to get frayed; to become irritable; to feel on edge
thorn; spine; splinter (esp. lodged in one's flesh); hard sharp item (esp. lodged in one's throat, e.g. fish bone); biting words
tacit understanding; unspoken agreement
each (person); individually; one by one; one at a time; in turn
offset; offsetting each other; cancelling each other out; set-off; setoff
to fill in (field, entry, etc.); to fill out (form); to post a message (e.g. on a bulletin-board); to store; to write (data); to flash
common sense; general knowledge; common knowledge
newton (N) (SI unit of force); Newton (Sir Isaac)
empty seat; unoccupied seat; vacancy; vacant post
absence; disregard; indifference
suicide by jumping (e.g. from a tall building)
to hold a person back; to restrain; to catch in one's arms
creepy (feeling); uneasy (feeling); bad (feeling); giving one the creeps; hideous; scaring
to dig; to excavate; to delve into; to dig up (e.g. vegetables); (for two men) to have anal sex
to rebury; to refill; to backfill
(criminal) punishment; penalty; sentence
four times; four colour process printing (color); CMYK printing
twelve o'clock; noon; midnight